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Oakes resigns as Alpine team principal amid driver change controversy
Oliver Oakes has resigned as team principal of the Alpine Formula 1 team, amid an expected switch of drivers from the next grand prix at Imola.Oakes took over as Alpine team principal in August last year, replacing Bruno Famin, and has worked with the team's executive advisor Flavio Briatore.
Alpine has told Jack Doohan he won't be racing at Imola, and during the aftermath of that, Oakes has re...
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Preview: Edd Straw answers your F1 Miami driver rankings questions
Want to quiz Edd Straw about his F1 driver rankings after every 2025 Formula 1 race? Those of you on The Race Members' Club on Patreon can do so - and there's never been a better time to join with 75% off your first month. You'll be able to ask questions for our podcasts, get exclusive bonus podcasts and videos from our F1 team on the ground as well as ad-free access to all our podcasts and video...
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FIA clears McLaren brake design after intensive inspection
Multiple checks by the FIA, including a more detailed inspection after Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix on Sunday night, have given McLaren's under-the-spotlight rear brake design the all-clear as a clever but legal concept. McLaren's advantage in the way it can manage rear tyre temperatures better than any other team has prompted plenty of intrigue about what the squad is up to.
Rival teams have b...
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Everything we learned from F1's 2025 Miami Grand Prix
Fierce fights at the front, and the potential end of a Formula 1 career further back, made for a dramatic Miami Grand Prix - so here’s everything we learned from a highly unpredictable weekend. A battle of the fewest mistakesOscar Piastri made it four grand prix wins to one against Lando Norris with his Miami victory. But the way the weekend played out makes it clear that minimising mistakes will ...
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What made Doohan/Alpine unworkable and a change inevitable
Alpine's impending replacement of Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto may feel preordained given the prospect of it has been a shadow over Doohan throughout his seemingly shortlived Formula 1 career.
While still unofficial, Alpine's intention to put Colapinto in the car in Doohan's place from the next F1 race at Imola fulfils an expectation many have had since the 2024 Williams stand-in joined Al...
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F1 2025 qualifying duels: Team by team
The 2025 Formula 1 season presents 30 opportunities to compare drivers against their team-mates at full tilt over one lap - 24 grand prix qualifying sessions and six sprint qualifyings.Our team-by-team breakdown of the qualifying match-ups below, featuring a head-to-head comparison, an average of the gaps taken from the last representative segment in qualifying that both relevant drivers took part...
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Our verdict on Alpine's brutally early F1 driver change
It appears we have our second in-season Formula 1 driver axing in 2025, with Alpine set to replace Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto from the next race at Imola.
But has Alpine made the right decision? Our writers have their say.Doohan wasn't really ever this Alpine's driverScott Mitchell-MalmA driver change in season is always a sad development and very rarely anyone’s intention. It reflects ...
Audi F1 engine boss leaves in another management change
Audi Formula 1 engine chief Adam Baker has departed the programme "by mutual agreement", Audi has revealed as part of its latest F1 restructuring.It means the Audi F1 project at the top is now effectively completely recognisable compared to when it was revealed - with the change on the engine side adding to the metamorphoses the project had undergone on the team/chassis side.Audi CEO (chief execut...
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Doohan informed of Alpine change, set to be replaced immediately
Jack Doohan is expected to be replaced for the next Formula 1 race at Imola after Alpine informed the rookie of its intention to make an immediate change.Alpine promoted its junior driver to a race seat for 2025 after losing out on Carlos Sainz to Williams. But Doohan’s seat seemed at risk before he had even raced in F1 as Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore explored the prospect of signing F...
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Edd Straw's 2025 F1 Miami Grand Prix driver rankings
As is often the case with Formula 1 sprint weekends, no driver strung together a truly complete run across all the relevant sessions - but this week's #1 came closest, and nailed the parts of the weekend that mattered most.How do the rankings work? The 20 drivers will be ranked in order of performance from best to worst on each grand prix weekend. This will be based on the full range of criteria, ...
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Podcast: McLarens against Verstappen, and Doohan's F1 future
Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and Jon Noble (with additional input from Mark Hughes) to unpick a weekend in Miami that produced plenty of talking points and incidents - and another Oscar Piastri victory, with Lando Norris making it a dominant McLaren 1-2.But why was McLaren so far in front this weekend, and did Norris blow his own victory chances battling Max Verstappen on lap one? Th...
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Mark Hughes: How Piastri won a race that was Norris's to lose
The first 18 laps of the Miami Grand Prix were terrific as we watched first one, then the other, McLaren driver work out how to get by Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, with lots of audacious attacks and uncompromising defences. Oscar Piastri was the first to get by, but it took 14 laps to do it. Lando Norris – delayed getting back ahead of the cars who’d passed him at Turn 2 on the opening lap – took an...
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Alpine evaluating dropping Doohan before next F1 race
Alpine is evaluating Jack Doohan’s position and considering whether a driver change is needed as soon as the next Formula 1 race at Imola. Doohan’s Miami Grand Prix ended on lap one after contact at the first corner with Liam Lawson, who Doohan hit after braking early on the inside for Turn 1, then climbing over the kerb trying to avoid the Racing Bulls car. It is the latest in a disappointing ru...
The F1 rule detail key to Red Bull's rejected Russell protest
Red Bull's protest into the result of Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix has been rejected as unfounded - which means Mercedes driver George Russell keeps his third-place finish.Red Bull believed during the race already that Russell had got away with a yellow flag infringement, failing to slow sufficiently, and told its driver Max Verstappen to stay within five seconds of Russell in the final stint in c...
'You look stupid' - Miami GP's other team order drama
While Ferrari's particular team order situation hogged the limelight at the Miami Grand Prix, Williams navigated an arguably bigger controversy - as one of its drivers felt short-changed by the execution of team strategy.Carlos Sainz indicated after the race that he was made to "feel stupid" after having been led to believe that he and team-mate Alex Albon have been instructed not to fight - only ...
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The 'unique situation' that spared Sainz from slam dunk Miami GP penalty
Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly have both escaped investigations into yellow flag infringements at the Miami Grand Prix with mere warnings - despite both having failed to slow down for yellow flags.A failure to react to a yellow is normally a nailed-on penalty - and usually a severe one, too - but the Miami GP stewards' panel felt neither Sainz, nor Gasly deserved a race result-altering sanction.The...
Red Bull protests Russell's Miami GP podium
Red Bull has lodged a protest against George Russell’s podium finish at Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix.Both Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly were summoned to see the stewards for an alleged breach of Appendix H of Article 2.5.5 of the FIA's International Sporting Code - which covers failing to slow under yellow flags.That alleged infringement took place while there were yellow flags and a virtual safet...
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'We did a good job' - Ferrari insists it got Miami team orders right
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur defended the handling of team orders between Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton during the Miami Grand Prix, arguing that “we did a good job” from the pitwall despite both drivers being unhappy about the situation.While both Leclerc and Hamilton were diplomatic after the race, both made it clear that they still had concerns. Leclerc said “I’m not going to commen...
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'He ruined his own race' - Norris's ire with Verstappen
Lando Norris feels Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen wasn't "racing very smart" in the Miami Grand Prix.Norris' two battles with Verstappen effectively decided the race in team-mate Oscar Piastri's favour. First, Verstappen closed the door on Norris through Turn 2 on the opening lap after a compromised Turn 1 entry - with Norris going off-track and rejoining sixth.
Our verdict on McLare...
Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Miami Grand Prix
A Miami Grand Prix that promised a chaotic battle - both through the spectacular action of the opening stint and the threat of game-changing rain - ultimately turned into a monumental McLaren beatdown.Here are our picks of the winners and losers from Sunday's contest, the first of F1's three grands prix in the USA this season.WinnerOscar PiastriThree in a row for Oscar Piastri. He got a bit of for...
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